Never Let Go | Peter Parker x Lara Jean

01 | The Boy That Ran Into Me

There were three things that Lara Jean Song Covey knew about cruises.

The first was that the food there was amazing and she wished she could have it every day for the rest of her life. (Okay that's a stretch. Maybe just until she's tired of it. But who's ever going to be tired of fancy and delicious food?)

Second, she could spend hours just admiring the waves crashing against each other.

And third, if your older sister has a boyfriend, you're now the babysitter...

"Absolutely not."

"But Lara Jean, please—"

"No, Mar-Got. When dad was away from home last time, you also asked me to babysit Kitty, while you had fun calling your boyfriend in your room."

"Please Lara Jean, pretty pleaseeee."

"No."

"This is the last time, I promiseee."

"That's what you said last time."

"I'll pay you 15 bucks."

"No."

"I'll buy you the newest edition of Dork Diaries."

Lara Jean is a good girl.

Hence why she doesn't need a babysitter.

Kitty on the other hand...

"Lara Jean, c'mon, let's go on it again!" Kitty said for the twentieth time. Kitty enjoyed going up and down the big slide at the kids club. Lara Jean preferred to sit in the corner and finish her book. "Kitty, please," Lara Jean huffed.

How many more times does she have to do this?

The kid's club was somehow even louder than the rest of the ship. Between the laughter and screams of the children, the big and colorful slides, and the muffled announcement coming through the speakers, Lara Jean was starting to wonder if she could legally abandon Kitty here.

Probably not.

Worth a try, though.

But then again she really wanted the new edition of Dork Diaries.

Decisions, decisions.

"Can't you just go on your own, Kitty?"

They squeezed through the small space that led them to a giant slide.

"Yeah but it won't be as fun ya knoww."

She let out a groan, "I'm gonna kill Margot one of these days."

"Can I help?" Kitty suddenly whipped around.

Lara Jean flinched, "Only if you wanted to cover for me."

"Then can I at least watch?"

"Sure."

Kitty went down the slide ten more times. Lara Jean had stopped following after the fifth time. She was now sitting near the bottom of the slide, with her back against a pillar, reading her book, occasionally looking at Kitty to make sure her legs and arms are still attached to her body.

"Lara Jean, I wanna go play in the sand pit!"

"Sure, just don't wander off and be in a spot where I can still see you."

"Okayyy!"

"And don't talk to strangers!"

Kitty was already gone. Oh well.

She watched Kitty run off and start talking to some of the girls in the sand pit.

So much for not talking to strangers.